January Fun

January Fun

Where has January gone. Wasn't Christmas just yesterday? Well...Sam has had another fun month and he is now 8 months old! I can't believe it. Exciting news at 8 months is that he is rolling all over the place and putting himself in the crawling position. He is now able to skoot backwards, dive forward or roll sideways. So he is really moving! I have been seriously thinking about babyproofing the house, but just haven't gotten to it yet. I'm sure Sam will give me some motivation soon. Another exciting event this month is that Sam got his first little toothling. It's only a little bit through the gums on the bottom. I'm guessing that he will probably get a lot of his teeth at the same time...yeah for teething. He hasn't been too cranky though just a little clingy sometimes. I've attached two albums of pictures from this month and the one below has video of some of Sam's new moves. The video was taken a few weeks ago and he is getting better every day, but it is still really cute.

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Play Day with Cousins

Cousins

After all the Christmas celebrations ended, Sam and I were home alone with nothing important to do. No family to visit, no gifts to go shopping for, no daddy home during the day...just back to our normal days. I'm not complaining, cause I love our normal days, but after a month of constant busyness there was an extreme let down. So anyway, after a week, I called my sister-in-law and said...we are coming for a visit. She was thrilled. So we went to Norman for the day and let the kids play. Sam loved it. He hadn't spent much time with older kids yet and he watched their every move. He laughed hysterically at Sheridan, the 4 year old, and you can already tell that he and Jackson have a special bond (they are 10 months apart). Megan and I had a great day talking and watching the kids and we even got some scrap booking done. We plan to do it more often cause it was great for everyone! I think that everyone needs to have some cousins to grow up with and some pictures to prove it, so here they are...

Fun Pictures

photo funia pics

My father-in-law played around with some program on the web and made these cool pictures of Sam. I thought they were great! Thanks Papa Joe!

7 Months

7 Month pictures

Right before Christmas we had Sam's 7 month pictures taken at Target! They were so cute that we decided to pay the extra $5 to get them online and downloaded to our computer. He is such a camera ham these days. He was quick to learn that when the camera is out he should give his million dollar smile. We are so proud of him and wanted to share these pics with you!

Christmas at Home and More Fun!

Christmas at Home and more fun!

On Christmas morning John and I went in to wake Samuel up, which I'm sure is just one of the few years we have to actually wake him up for Christmas morning. As usual he was such a happy baby in the morning. We took him to the living room and he opened a few presents from Santa and a few from Mom and Dad. Then we all opened our stockings. It was such a special time together. Sam was so happy about every present except the pajama's. However, Santa somehow knew that Sam's toes were pushing there way through most of his current PJ's so Mommy was thankful for them.
Afterward we got ready and went over to Grandmothers again to open stockings that Santa left for us there. We ate the traditional Sherrer Christmas breakfast of cinnamon rolls, bacon and breakfast casserole. Before the morning was over we headed to Burns Flat again just to relax and be with family for the day. While we drove out their Samuel got to be a part of our traditional reading of the Christmas Story from the Bible. We all learned something new about the wonderful birth of our Savior. The Chaos of Christmas can often help us forget what we are really celebrating, but every year John and I read that story and we reflect on how marvelous our God is. Now with our own son we have a deeper understanding of how hard it would be to send him to a place where you knew he'd endure pain. That's how much God loves us...too much to comprehend!

Christmas Eve (Celebration # 3)

Christmas Celebration #3

For Christmas Eve we always spend the evening at Grandmothers with Grammy, Papa Joe, Uncle Andy, Aunt Megan, Jackson and Sheridan. It used to be a small and quiet gathering of adults who ate a delicious and relaxing meal among candle light and Christmas music. Now with three kids among the group the only thing that is the same is that the food is delicious! But it was such a fun time watching the kids open presents. Samuel was again blessed with lots of fun stuff! Grammy and Papa Joe gave him a radio flyer car. At first, we all thought it would be a few months before he enjoyed it, but when we sat Sam in the seat he looked as if he'd done it a million times. He grabbed the wheel and waited for someone to push him. It took no time for him to find the ignition button or the music button. It was a blast. We celebrated late into the evening and Sam ended up snoozing in the pack and play until we went home to get ready for Santa. This was just another celebration where we counted our blessings and thanked God for our wonderful family.

Christmas #1 and 2

Christmas #1 & 2

We began our Christmas celebrations the weekend before in Burns Flat. First we went over to Grandma Robin's house and had yummy food and opened presents. We got to have Uncle Jerome, Uncle Justin, Aunt Shae and Uncle Travis and all of their families together. We really missed having Grandpa Vance with us but were so thankful that he got to celebrate Christmas in Heaven!
For our second Christmas celebration we went over to Nana and Jays house with Uncle Justin, Aunt Renee', Uncle Jerome, Aunt Wendi and their kids. We opened presents Saturday night and then had a very big breakfast the next morning. We enjoyed playing with Grandpa Jay's new Wii.
Samuel did not lack for any attention and was very blessed with gifts. John and I were surprised at how much he really enjoyed opening presents. He really would have been happy with just having a wad of wrapping paper, but at home he will enjoy all the new toys! After the weekend we were already starting to get tired but were looking forward to some more Christmas blessings. We were really happy that John had three whole weeks off to spend with us!

Christmas is coming!

Holiday Spirit

First of all, sorry for the delays in posts. We have been very busy, like most people, during the holidays and I've neglected to post all the details.

As the Christmas season approached we had lots of fun with Samuel. We decorated our house together, went shopping together and started visiting family early on. These pictures are some of the fun times we had getting ready for Christmas.